Sing If You Can't Dance

Alexia Casale

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• eBook ISBN:
  9780571373819
• Year: 2023

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she collapses. On stage.


In hospital, Ven discovers that she has a medical condition - one that threatens to ruin everything. No more dancing . . . walking is challenging enough. But she doesn't want your pity. Ven is determined to have a big, exciting life. Sure, her future might be different, but it's not over . . . Because if you can't dance, you can always sing!


Refreshing, uplifting and original, Sing if you Can't Dance is the unforgettable story of a teenager living life on her own terms.

Table of contents

• Landing Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Before
• 18(ish) Months Later …
• Lunchtime
• Ten Minutes Later …
• The Next Day …
• Home Is Where the Nagging Is …
• Woeful Wednesday
• Only Lunchtime?
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
• After Lunch
• Monday
• Thursday
• The Saturday of the Maybe-a-Date
• The Chronic-Pain Party
• Still Sunday
• I Actually Wish it Were Monday at This Point …
• Monday
• The Weekend of No Rest for the Weary (Part I)
• The Weekend of No Rest for the Weary (Part II)
• Busking Saturday
• Twenty(ish) Minutes Later
• Monday
• The Saturday of the Party
• A Little While Later
• A Lifetime of Humiliation Later
• Monday
• Centuries* of Misery Later …
• One Hour Later
• Something-day
• The Next Day
• Pretty Sure Today’s Saturday
• Fun and Games with Music Arranging
• Adventures in Babysitting
• Quiet, Please: Musical Geniuses At Work
• Bridget Jones Meets the Pain Consultant
• Back to School
• Exams and Other Forms of Educational Torture
• Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends …
• 2 Days To Go
• One Day More …*
• The Day of Reckoning
• One Day Down, Two To Go …
• The Big Day
• Plenty of Time For Everything To Go Wrong
• The Show Must Go On …
• Déjà Vu All Over Again …
• Happiness
• P.S.
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Copyright